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AMC-18 Launch Campaign Begins
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 09, 2006 The activity pace is picking up for Arianespace's December heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission as final pre-launch preparations begin with SES AMERICOM's AMC-18 satellite payload. After arriving at the Spaceport, AMC-18 made the traditional fit check today (November 7) with its Ariane 5 payload adapter, which verifies the correct interface between the satellite and the launcher hardware. For the December mission, AMC-18 will be launched along with WildBlue's WildBlue-1 satellite, marking the fifth Ariane 5 dual-payload flight in 2006. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Arianespace Launch Pad at Space-Travel.com Launch Pad at Space-Travel.com
Phil Sumrall Heads Development Of NASA's Future Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 08, 2006Phil Sumrall was a junior engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., in the 1960s when he helped build the Saturn V rocket -- the most powerful launch vehicle ever developed -- used by the Apollo Program to take the first humans to the moon. |
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